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Kano child bride ‘admits’ murdering her 35-year-old husband using rat poison

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A Nigerian child bride has ‘admitted’ murdering her 35-year-old husband with rat poison by signing a confession she could not read – with her thumbprint. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 14-year-old Wasila Tasi’u, whose farmer husband Umar Sani was found dead just days after marrying her in April. If she is found guilty, […]

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15-yr-old Fabelurin Fehintoluwa wins UBA Foundation Essay contest

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Winners of the 2014 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition have emerged. This was disclose on Monday in a ceremony held at UBA House, Lagos. Miss Fabelurin Fehintoluwa, 15, of Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State clinches the N1 million education grant to attend any university of her choice in Africa. The grant becomes effective immediately she

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Court cancels disparity in federal colleges’ admission requirements

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A Federal High Court in Lagos has entered judgement in favour of an application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, seeking uniform admission requirements into Federal Government Colleges, otherwise called unity schools. Agbakoba had sued the Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau, over the disparity in the admission requirements for students seeking

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Teen, 14, dies after making sliding tackle on football pitch during PE lesson

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A 14-year-old schoolboy has died after making a sliding tackle in a football match during a school PE lesson, dailymail reports. Sugenth Jeyakumar was playing with classmates when he slid in for a tackle on the astroturf pitch at Whitmore High School in Harrow, north west London. The teenager, who was in Year 10 at

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Shocking: Teen girl, 13, wearing explosive vest arrested in Kano

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A 13-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday after she and a male accomplice walked into a clinic seeking medical treatment. The location of the clinic — some 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) from the scene of a double suicide attack by two women on a textile market just hours earlier — raised suspicions. “We alerted the

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Christmas: Ban of fireworks still active in Lagos – Police

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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday restated its warning against the use of fireworks during the Yuletide, saying violators would face the wrath of the law. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Nwosu, said the police had already issued a warning to that effect. “We have

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Every day, 39,000 child brides emerge – Report

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Despite evidence that more governments are paying greater attention to youth through public policy initiatives, a new global report launched last week by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA has shown that young people as a whole still confront many obstacles that keep them from safely moving into adulthood and entering the workforce. “Sexual and

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OAU Students Protest as President Jonathan’s visit paralyses school

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Students of Obafemi ‎Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Friday expressed their frustration with the ‘unfavourable’ condition they were subjected to over the presence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the institution. Punch reports that President Jonathan is attending a conference with South-West traditional rulers and politicians at the OAU. It was gathered that public buses were not

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